The Sinner’s Prayer is a condition for salvation Rev. Mike Ruffin May 23, 2018 May 23, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)kAmp A2DE@C G:D:E65 2 7C:6?5 @7 >:?6 H9@’D 366? :? 49FC49 2== 9:D =:76] w6 42==D 9:>D6=7 2 r9C:DE:2? 3FE 4@?76DD65 E92E 96 @7E6? 76=E 6>AEJ 2?5 9@A6=6DD]k^AmkAmpD E96J E2=<65[ :E 3642>6 6G:56?E E@ 9:> E92E >J 7C:6?5 >2J G6CJ H6== 92G6 =@@<65 =:<6 2 r9C:DE:2? @? 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Sister’s Promise to dying brother personally answered by Jesus “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2)
Christ continues to speak to the lukewarm church “So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” (Revelation 3:16)
Grace comes in four flavors “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14)
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God looks beyond our faults…and our pride “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your…
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